Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Cameron Boozarjomehri discuss Oaxaca's ban on selling junk food to minors. Discussion includes an overview of the rule, why the rule was made, and what are other public health measures countries use to reduce obesity rates.

Post production by Scott Stronach.  

Sources: 

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/more-states-follow-oaxacas-lead-and-move-to-ban-junk-food-sales-to-kids/ 

https://www.unicef.org/stories/what-are-we-waiting-for-obesity-mexico 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537260/ 

https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2011/december/data-feature-mapping-food-deserts-in-the-us/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/business/food-deserts-coronavirus-grocery-stores/index.html 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28070357/ 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/02/21/696709717/u-s-soda-taxes-work-studies-suggest-but-maybe-not-as-well-as-hoped 

https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/features/do-soda-taxes-work/ 

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.042956?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=e9bfcab0e3-MR_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-e9bfcab0e3-105454257 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8589497/Coca-Colas-work-scientists-low-point-history-public-health.html 

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